Bellflower vs Wellsville

A side-by-side comparison of Bellflower and Wellsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Bellflower and Wellsville are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wellsville has the higher population (1,197 vs 313 in Bellflower). Wellsville has the higher median household income ($61,635 vs $42,500 in Bellflower). Wellsville has the higher median home value ($74,100 vs $56,300 in Bellflower).

Population, income & housing

	Bellflower	Wellsville
Population	313	1,197
Median age	35.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$61,635
Median home value	$56,300	$74,100
Median gross rent	$919	$531
Housing units	144	485
Homeownership rate	63.8%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	20.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellflower	Wellsville
Population	329 → 313 (-4.9%)	1,186 → 1,197 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $42,500 (+23.6%)	$42,697 → $61,635 (+44.4%)
Median home value	$52,100 → $56,300 (+8.1%)	$69,700 → $74,100 (+6.3%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $919 (+47.0%)	$585 → $531 (-9.2%)

Bellflower

Population

329313

Median household income

$34,375$42,500

Median home value

$52,100$56,300

Median gross rent

$625$919

Wellsville

Population

1,1861,197

Median household income

$42,697$61,635

Median home value

$69,700$74,100

Median gross rent

$585$531

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellflower	Wellsville
Under 5	5.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	22.4%	22.0%
18 to 24	4.2%	13.3%
25 to 34	16.6%	8.4%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	17.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	6.7%	10.7%
75 and over	8.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellflower	Wellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellflower	Wellsville
No high school diploma	23.6%	18.5%
High school graduate	47.6%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellflower	Wellsville
Drove alone	77.3%	74.5%
Carpooled	12.1%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	7.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellflower	Wellsville
1-unit, detached	68.8%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.4%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Bellflower	Wellsville
Poverty rate	37.3%	11.6%
Average household size	2.70	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	39	30
Median year structure built	1962	1965